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Nigeria’s candidate for Africa Union, AU Commissioner for Peace and Security, Fatima Mohammed, has lost to Algeria candidate, Smail Chegui. Mr Chegui, a former Algerian Consul-General and Ambassador to Ethiopia, was re-elected on Monday.
Writing on her Facebook page, Fatima …
Continue readingRatings agency Fitch has downgraded the outlook on Nigeria’s long-term debt to B+ following concerns on the west African nation’s economic outlook.
Nigeria is experiencing its worst economic crisis in years following a collapse in global oil prices which form …
Continue readingEarly this year, most Nigerians were optimistic and hopeful that the so called ‘Budget of Change’ of the Buhari administration was going to bring substantial positive change to Nigeria. Unfortunately, the country has so far been experiencing a negative growth …
Continue readingStudents For Liberty is launching an all new platform called SFL Academy to be its one stop shop for academic and student training courses, and we got a course there that you’ll love, Liberty in Africa.
Continue readingThe African Union (AU) finally elected a new leader of its commission. Moussa Faki Mahamat won a close contest against his Kenyan counterpart, Amina Mohamed to emerge African Union Commission chairperson.
He takes over from South Africa’s Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma …
Continue readingDr. Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini Zuma is the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, elected to this position by the African Heads of State and Government in 2012. She is the first woman in 50 years to lead the continental organization, …
Continue readingAbout a week after the Federal Government announced the release of N72bn as its counterpart fund for the construction of the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail line, the Export-Import Bank of China has approved $1.275bn (about N408bn) loan for the project …
Continue readingThe African Union agreed Monday to readmit Morocco 33 years after it quit the bloc, following a difficult debate over the status of Western Sahara, according to presidents attending the summit.
“Morocco is now a full member of the African …
Continue readingThe head of the African Union said on Monday that a U.S. travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries including three in Africa heralded “turbulent times” for the continent.
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma spoke after U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order halted travel …
Continue readingDozens of Somali refugees in Kenya who were hours from travelling to the United States to start new lives under a longstanding resettlement programme now face repatriation, after Donald Trump’s executive order banned migrants from seven Muslim-majority countries for three …
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